Arts and Culture

Join Lynette Roth for a closer look at Arlene Shechet’s one-of-a-kind installation Disrupt the View at the Harvard Art Museums.

Join Peabody Museum curator Ilisa Barbash for a close look at photographic textiles by Joana Choumali featured in our special exhibition.

We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

Discover how Mughal painters combined European models with Indian meanings to appeal to a culturally and religiously diverse audience.

Free In-Person Event

Museum galleries open and free to the public.

Join us for a 4-week, intermediate level acrylic painting workshop and unleash your creativity!
Painting is a perfect way to get your hands messy and your mind inspired.

Isabelle Halsey and Aidan Scully will explore the relationship between physical touch and ritual.

Sophia Scott will explore how historical objects embody and enforce conceptions of time, with examples from ancient Egypt to 19th-century Paris.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes about taking care of our planet!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Drop in and learn the basics of rope tying, knotting, and lashing from local Troop 56!

Join us for a half hour of stories for children of all ages and their caregivers.

If you're looking to shake your sillies out before bed, join us for thirty minutes of music and movement!

This month's selection:

Join us for a 60-minute puppet-making workshop following the performance of, Enchanted Castle, by Rosalita's Puppets.

Meet Godmother Glitter as she protects the Enchanted Castle from the dragon.

Hannah Gadway will explore how works of art have envisioned the past, present, and future of the United States.

Join us for a special book reading and signing with Christopher E. Mason, celebrated author of A 500-Year Journey.

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view through July 27, 2025.

Milen Negasi and Hanna Carney will explore the theme of glory through the works of three Black American artists.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories and rhymes. 

Join local artist, musician and educator Ben Cunningham for a transformative storytelling performance.

Come join Rockabye Beats for an interactive, musical program experience!

Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.

Join us as we learn to make unique and creative books using paper, scissors, and a little bit of glue.